Muriel Matters! DVD Handout - Middle Years 1. Tick the correct details of Muriel’s early life before she became involved in the women’s movement in England from 1908. Year Born Birthplace Educational Focus ❑ 1877 ❑ Melbourne ❑ Science ❑ 1894 ❑ Adelaide ❑ Business ❑ 1923 ❑ Sydney ❑ Law ❑ 1994 ❑ Perth ❑ Music/Elocution Occupation ❑ Actress Students at Miss ❑ Sportswomen Newman’s school in ❑ Scientist Adelaide, South Australia. ❑ Gold prospector 2. Speed Round! Answer these questions about Muriel’s adventures in one or two words… What was one thing South Australian What object in British Parliament did women could do in 1894 that women in Muriel chain herself too? England couldn’t? ……………………………………….…………………………. …………………………………………………………………… In England, what year did women receive the vote on the same terms as it was What was the main thing Muriel didn’t granted to men? like about the ‘Pankhurst group’ (also called the WSPU)? ………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………….................. Did you know? The word ’suffrage’ means ‘the right to Women protested for the vote vote in political elections’… using many different methods and That’s why women like Muriel tactics. Name at least one of them. were often referred to as either ‘suffragists’ or ……………………………………………........................ ‘suffragettes’ at the time. Women’s Freedom League badge © The Muriel Matters Society Inc. 2020 3. Circle below something used in the documentary to tell the story of Muriel Matters that is NOT a primary source. Provide a reason for your choice/s : ……………………………………………..… ………………………………………..…….. …………………………………..………….. Historical reenactments Photographs from the ……………………………………………….. period ……………………………………………..... ……………………………………………….. Remember: A primary source is a source of information (i.e. a document or artefact) created An audio recording of an elderly during the time period under Muriel Matters in 1939 Artwork made by investigation. the women 4. It’s England, 1908 – you have to imagine you are on both sides of the women’s suffrage debate… Think of three reasons IN Think of three reasons FAVOUR of granting women the AGAINST granting women the vote. vote. 1………………………………………… 1…………………………………… 2………………………………………… 2…………………………………… 3…………………………………… 3……………………………… Herbert Asquith was Prime Muriel Matters was one of a Minister of the United number of women working Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 tirelessly to achieve the and was, for a long time, vote in the early twentieth reluctant to grant women the century. right to vote. .